Sembly AI vs Otter.ai
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Sembly AI
Meeting capture that turns client knowledge into branded decks and pro...
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Otter.ai
Live meeting transcripts, summaries and AI meeting agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan (labelled "Free Trial"): 1 user, 750 credits a month plus 1,750 one-time bonus credits, 1 meeting hour, 5 clients, 2 months of history | 300 transcription minutes a month, 30 minutes per conversation, 3 lifetime file imports, 20 AI Chat queries a month |
| Paid from | $10/month (Basic, 1 user, billed annually) or $17 billed monthly | $8.33/user/month billed annually, or $16.99 month to month (Pro) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 35m+ users |
| Founded | 2021 | 2018 |
| Maker | — | Sam Liang, Yun Fu |
| Verdict | Sembly still does solid meeting capture, notes and tasks across the four main video platforms, but its 2026 rebuild is aimed elsewhere: per-client workspaces with brand packages that let it draft decks, proposals and cas... |
Otter remains one of the most complete meeting notetakers: live transcripts with speaker labels, summaries, action items, an AI chat across your meeting history and, on higher plans, CRM sync and agents. The free plan is... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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